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Rome/Beijing - Effective cooperation between countries in the Global South and other development partners is critical in reversing the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic which is pushing more people into poverty and hunger. This was one of the main messages that resonated today from an international high-level event on South-South and Triangular Cooperation co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China.

En el 2022, el Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO cumple 14 años de acciones desarrolladas la región, una alianza exitosa entre el gobierno de Brasil y la FAO que cuenta con la experiencia y las buenas prácticas del país en temas como alimentación escolar y programas de compras públicas de alimentos, agricultura familiar, fortalecimiento del sector algodonero, erradicación del hambre y  pobreza rural, gobernanza responsable de la tierra, seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, políticas públicas agroambientales y acuícolas. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a €20 million contribution from Germany to save lives and livelihoods of the most severely drought-affected farmers and herders in the Horn of Africa. It is a vital contribution which comes at a critical time in the response to the drought emergency.

At the invitation of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which took office on 1 January, FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji briefed delegates of the European Union Member States in the Council Coordination Working Party on FAO Matters (AGRIFAO).

Since 2020 and building up on almost 30 years of corporate commitments, FAO has worked on updating its approach to supporting South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC), which has been translated in the new SSTC Guidelines for Action. The new guidelines emerge as part of the new FAO Strategic Framework and also respond to global frameworks, including the new System-Wide Strategy for SSTC of the United Nations.  Moving beyond strategic planning, FAO is now drafting practical guides and tools for its staff to plan for and use SSTC as a key delivery mechanism of its Strategic Framework. To this end, in the...

09/02/2022 The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) of the Republic of Korea, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines have signed an agreement formalizing their partnership to undertake a global initiative that will support the strengthening of the country’s rice value chains through capacity building and policy development.

Many artisanal fishers who access coral reefs experience a reduction in their income from fishing – that was reported commonly by the REEFFISH project regional steering committee members during their first two-days meeting, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Comoros.

27 January 2022, Accra – Developing countries sharing solutions to many of the challenges they collectively face is a cost-efficient and effective path to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals – that was the key message at a regional dialogue on South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in Africa, organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Africa.

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) celebró hoy una contribución del Banco Asiático de Desarrollo (BAsD) por un valor sin precedentes de 65 millones de USD destinada a estimular la seguridad alimentaria y respaldar los medios de vida de las comunidades rurales más vulnerables del Afganistán.